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Bahraini HRO launch a campaign for the release of blind detainee
September 3, 2014
Bahraini HRO launch a campaign for the release of blind detainee
Nine Bahraini human rights organizations, along with human rights activists in Bahrain, have launched a campaign for the release of the blind Bahraini detainee Jafar Matooq, who is in urgent need of medical treatment. This campaign was launched as…
17 people martyred and wounded in explosions of two car bombs in Holy Kadhimiyah and Utaifiyya neighbourhoods of the capital Baghdad
September 3, 2014
17 people martyred and wounded in explosions of two car bombs in Holy Kadhimiyah and Utaifiyya neighbourhoods of the capital Baghdad
Three people were martyred and 14 others were wounded by explosions of two car bombs in Holy Kazimiyah and Utaifiyya neighborhood. A police source said that the blasts damaged a number of nearby shops.
10 children martyred in Amerly, and Iraqi forces foil ISIL attack on the area
September 3, 2014
10 children martyred in Amerly, and Iraqi forces foil ISIL attack on the area
At least 10 children were martyred in an ISIL mortar shell attack on a clinic in Amerly area. Meanwhile, Iraqi security forces backed by the locals of Amerly area foiled an attack by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq…
Medad Committee holds a symposium about (Media in the Thought of Imam Shirazi) in Awamiya town
September 3, 2014
Medad Committee holds a symposium about (Media in the Thought of Imam Shirazi) in Awamiya town
In cooperation with 10 institutions and committees from different parts of Qateef, Medad Committee has held a symposium about the Late Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammad Husseini Shirazi, may Allah bless his soul. The symposium, entitled the Media in…
Study says breastfeeding can ward off postpartum depression
September 2, 2014
Study says breastfeeding can ward off postpartum depression
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have suggested the women who experience breastfeeding to their baby could benefit lower risk of post-natal depression. The study of nearly 1400 mothers indicated that among those ones who started to breastfeed their…
Boko Haram creates ‘Islamic Caliphate’ in Nigerian town
September 2, 2014
Boko Haram creates ‘Islamic Caliphate’ in Nigerian town
The leader of takfiri Boko Haram has proclaimed an Islamic caliphate in the north eastern Nigerian town of Gwoza, which was seized by the Boko Haram terrorists earlier this month. The United Nations humanitarian office confirmed reports earlier this…
Saudis demand release of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
September 2, 2014
Saudis demand release of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
Protesters have taken to the streets in Saudi Arabia’s restive Eastern Province, calling for the release of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Blocking rural roads in the Qatif region, the demonstrators denounced the Saudi regime’s suppression of the…
Prominent human rights defender in Bahrain to start a new hunger strike
September 2, 2014
Prominent human rights defender in Bahrain to start a new hunger strike
Prominent human rights defender and founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) has declared an open hunger strike “in protest against the continuation of arbitrary arrest and detention.” In…
Revised copy of Nahj-ul-Balaqa to be published
September 2, 2014
Revised copy of Nahj-ul-Balaqa to be published
On the occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir, a revised copy of Nahj-ul-Balaqa edited by Qais Bahjat Attar, will be published by Specialized Library of Imam Ali, peace be upon him. The director of the library said that the copy will…
Iraqi Forces Foil ISIL Attack on Dujail District
September 2, 2014
Iraqi Forces Foil ISIL Attack on Dujail District
The Iraqi security forces, backed by tribes’ members, foiled an attack led by the terrorists of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Dujail district of Shia majority, located in Southern Tikrit city, in Salahuddin province.…